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USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4

Keyboard shortcuts

Last updated 12/21/2009

In vertical text, move insertion point one
character up or down; one left or right; one
word up or down; or one paragraph left or
right

Up Arrow or Down Arrow; Left
Arrow or Right Arrow; Ctrl+Up
Arrow or Ctrl+Down Arrow; or
Ctrl+Left Arrow or Ctrl+Right
Arrow

Up Arrow or Down Arrow; Left
Arrow or Right Arrow;
Command+Up Arrow or
Command+Down Arrow; or
Command+Left Arrow or
Command+Right Arrow

Select word, line, paragraph, or entire text
frame

Double-click, triple-click,
quadruple-click, or quintuple-
click with Type tool

Double-click, triple-click,
quadruple-click, or quintuple-
click with Type tool

Turn All Caps on or off for selected text

Ctrl+Shift+K

Command+Shift+K

Turn Small Caps on or off for selected text

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K

Command+Option+Shift+K

Turn Superscript on or off for selected text

Ctrl+Shift+= (equals)

Command+Shift+= (equals)

Turn Subscript on or off for selected text

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+= (equals)

Command+Option+Shift+=
(equals)

Set horizontal scale to 100% for selected
text

Ctrl+Shift+X

Command+Shift+X

Set vertical scale to 100% for selected text

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X

Command+Option+Shift+X

Auto leading for selected text

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A

Command+Option+Shift+A

Reset tracking to 0 for selected text

Ctrl+Shift+Q

Command+Shift+Control+Q

Justify paragraph; left align last line

Ctrl+Shift+J

Command+Shift+J

Justify paragraph; right align last line

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+J

Command+Option+Shift+J

Justify paragraph; force last line

Ctrl+Shift+F

Command+Shift+F

Decrease or increase font size of selected
text by 2 units

Ctrl+Shift+, (comma) or
Ctrl+Shift+. (period)

Command+Shift+, (comma) or
Command+Shift+. (period)

Decrease or increase font size of selected
text by 10 units

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+, (comma) or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+. (period)

Command+Option+Shift+,
(comma) or
Command+Option+Shift+.
(period)

Increase or decrease leading by 2 units

Alt+Down Arrow or Alt+Up Arrow Option+Down Arrow or

Option+Up Arrow

Increase or decrease leading by 10 units

Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow or
Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow

Command+Option+Down Arrow
or Command+Option+Up Arrow

Decrease or increase baseline shift by 2
units

Alt+Shift+Down Arrow or
Alt+Shift+Up Arrow

Option+Shift+Down Arrow or
Option+Shift+Up Arrow

Decrease or increase baseline shift by 10
units

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Arrow or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up Arrow

Command+Option+Shift+Down
Arrow or
Command+Option+Shift+Up
Arrow

Decrease or increase kerning or tracking 20
units (20/1000 ems)

Alt+Left Arrow or Alt+Right Arrow Option+Left Arrow or

Option+Right Arrow

Decrease or increase kerning or tracking
100 units (100/1000 ems)

Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow or
Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow

Command+Option+Left Arrow or
Command+Option+Right Arrow

Toggle paragraph composer

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T

Command+Option+Shift+T

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